Three days later, in the presence of hundreds of relatives and friends, Guo Song married Dugu Youlan as his concubine. Soon, the dowry procession of the Dugu family arrived in Zhangye City, and also brought the emperor's canonization, officially conferring Dugu Youlan.
Lan was the concubine of Zhangye County Prince and was given a pair of white jade bracelets.
After entering October, the weather becomes cooler day by day, and the immigration from Anxi and Beiting is gradually coming to an end. In this round, more than 7,000 households and a total of 35,000 people have signed up to move westward, 40% of which are from Longyou, Guannai and
In the Guanzhong area, the temptation of three hectares of permanent land and lifetime tax exemption is difficult for many families to refuse.
The last group of about a thousand households, escorted by a thousand cavalry, took mule carts with longing for a better life in the future and headed towards Beiting. They were going to settle in Gaochang County. It was already early November.
After arriving in Gaochang, it was time to snow.
Early that morning, Guo Song rushed with dozens of generals and more than a thousand cavalry to Heigang, twenty miles southwest of Zhangye. He received news from Yang Jun yesterday that an important test would be conducted today.
In fact, after returning from Anxi, Guo Song has been paying attention to the development of Iron Fire Thunder for nearly half a year.
The gunpowder formula and solution were solved, but the difficulty lay in the casting of the iron shell. They even secretly hired the best blacksmiths from Chang'an and invested tens of thousands of dollars in research and development. For more than five months, dozens of top craftsmen and
The soldiers in the firearms battalion tried repeatedly and experienced hundreds of failures before finally succeeding step by step.
The test site was not in Heigang Military City. Everyone was worried that the explosion would be too powerful and would collapse Heigang Military City, so they found a test site in a valley forty miles to the south. It was surrounded by valleys and the explosion could not disturb Zhang Ye.
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At noon, everyone finally arrived at the testing site. Hundreds of tents were set up in the wilderness outside the valley. Craftsmen and firearms battalion soldiers had been living here for more than two months. This place had replaced Heigang and became the place for firearms development and testing.
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Yang Jun took everyone to visit the testing site. He pointed around and said: "This area is desolate and inhabited, and no herdsmen will come here. Moreover, there are many rocks in the valley, which is perfect for testing firearms."
Liang Wu was a little anxious, "I said, General Yang, we are not here to enjoy the sights, so let's get to the point quickly, okay?"
Guo Song glared at Liang Wu fiercely and said with a smile: "Actually, I can't wait any longer!"
Everyone laughed, Yang Jun scratched his head in embarrassment, and quickly led everyone to the big tent. There was a big tent covering an area of two acres at the front. This was Shatuo's royal tent. There were two royal tents, one of which was egg-shaped.
One tent was a plum blossom tent, and Guo Song gave the egg-shaped tent to the Firearms Camp, which became the warehouse tent of the Firearms Camp.
The nomads' big tents are all leather tents, which are strong and warm and can withstand snowstorms. This big tent is even more of a double-layered leather tent. There is a fence built around the outside, with soldiers patrolling and standing guard, and a thick wool carpet inside.
Several firearms are classified and classified.
There is a table outside, and on the table are today's protagonists, two iron-shelled fire thunders. One is as big as a pumpkin and looks like it, and the other is exactly like a large gas bottle.
"This little one doesn't seem to be made of iron?" Guo Song found that the color of the small iron fire thunder was wrong.
Yang Jun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is right, this one is made of bronze, and the small iron shell cannot be exploded. I tried dozens of bronzes alone, and finally found the most suitable bronze formula, which can be used once and for all.
Casting must be cast at once, otherwise the power will be greatly reduced. It is difficult to make a pottery mold with just casting. The casting technology is not something ordinary craftsmen can do. There are only two people in the world who can do it, and they are all here with us.
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Yang Jun is very proud that he is not afraid of being imitated by others in terms of the difficulty of making an iron shell fire thunder.
Guo Song stepped forward and tried the weight. The small one weighed about 20 kilograms, and the large one weighed more than 100 kilograms. This was fine and could be used in different situations.
"Has the experiment been successful?" Guo Song asked again with a smile.
"It has been successful more than thirty times, so I dare to invite the envoy here!"
Guo Song suddenly gained confidence and said happily: "Let's start!"
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The experimental site is in a semi-enclosed valley. The valley is gourd-shaped and has only one entrance and exit. The valley occupies a vast area, about hundreds of hectares. The experiment is mainly conducted in large valleys.
First, we conducted experiments on small fire mines. Hundreds of wooden stakes were placed around the small fire mine, driven deeply into the ground. A small stone cannon was placed 70 steps away from the wooden stakes. This stone cannon weighed more than 100 kilograms. , usually carried on the back of a camel, is also called a cyclone cannon, and can throw stones weighing more than 20 kilograms to 70 or 80 steps away.
Everyone immediately understood that this small fire mine was for use on the battlefield, especially against nomadic cavalry. Dozens of fire mines exploded in the crowd, which was simply too spectacular. Although porcelain fire mines have been used before, they are not as powerful as iron fire mines. The power of thunder is still nothing compared to that of a powerful one.
‘Dang! Dang! Dang!’ The bell rang, and all the soldiers quickly retreated to the outer valley. Only two soldiers were left in front of the cyclone cannon, and one soldier lit the match.
Yang Jun quickly shouted: "Everyone, cover your ears!"
Everyone quickly covered their ears, 'Bang!' The cyclone cannon fired out the small iron fire laser, and the two soldiers immediately covered their ears and fell to the ground.
The iron fire thunder fell into the wooden pile, and a burst of fire was seen, followed by a thunderous roar, and everyone squatted down involuntarily.
Thick smoke rose into the sky. After a while, everyone followed Guo Song into the valley. They saw that most of the hundreds of wooden piles had disappeared. This was completely different from the porcelain fire mine. After the porcelain fire mine exploded, it would blow up at most a dozen people around it. Most of the wooden piles will be nailed with porcelain pieces, and the iron fire mine will directly blow up most of the wooden pile. Its impact is dozens of times that of the porcelain fire mine, which also means that the killing range of the poisonous nails inside will be wider. big.
Everyone couldn't help but applaud, and Yang Jun waved his hands proudly, "Don't worry, everyone, there are even more powerful guys!"
He couldn't hold back his excitement and shouted: "Start the installation!"
Dozens of soldiers rushed forward. They dug a hole under a huge rock weighing tens of thousands of kilograms, filled it with iron fire mines weighing more than a hundred kilograms, sprinkled kerosene on the outside, and everyone rushed back.
Guo Song waved his hand, "Everyone squat down and cover your ears!"
Even though they were a mile away, everyone was still very nervous.
A soldier lit a gunpowder arrow and threw it at a boulder a hundred steps away. He immediately got into the hole where he was hiding and covered his ears tightly.
The gunpowder hit the kerosene, and the gunpowder arrow burst into flames, igniting the kerosene. The flames spread quickly and ignited the match rope. Then there was only an earth-shattering explosion, "Boom!" The earth was shaking, and many soldiers shouted. When they got up, everyone was so shocked that they closed their eyes.
For a moment, countless sand and gravel fell from the sky. Everyone could feel the sand and gravel falling from the sky a mile away. After waiting for a while, everyone slowly opened their eyes.
Everyone looked at each other, unable to hide the shock in their eyes. They didn't take the porcelain fire thunder to heart, but the power of the iron shell fire thunder made them pale in horror.
The valley was filled with gunpowder smoke, and gray smoke shrouded the entire valley.
Guo Song looked solemn and walked directly into the thick smoke. Everyone followed. After a while, they came to the place where the explosion occurred. The thick smoke also dissipated. They saw that the huge rock was blown into countless pieces and rolled down at the foot of the mountain.
A large crater appeared at the place of the explosion.
Guo Song couldn't hold back his inner excitement and struck each other hard with his fists and palms. The power of the explosion met his expectations and was enough to blow up the city.
After the experiment, Guo Song found Yang Jun and said to him, "This time it was very successful. Thank you all for your hard work. Each of you will be credited with a great contribution once and will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. From now on, you will be promoted to the rank of Zhonglang General!"
Yang Jun knelt down on one knee excitedly and said, "Thank you for your cultivation!"
Guo Song smiled slightly again and said: "Although we have successfully taken the first step, there is still a long road ahead. I ask you to do the following things well."
Yang Jun stood up and nodded silently,
Guo Song said slowly: "First, establish the strictest system as soon as possible to prevent the leakage of fire thunder technology, create a core circle, allow a very small number of people to master this technology, and then give them the best treatment and hide their names
, their families will also be strictly protected by internal guards."
"The humble position has been taken into consideration. Currently, there are a total of twelve soldiers who master the gunpowder formula, and there are only two craftsmen who master the iron shell casting technology. Apart from them, in fact, everyone only has a superficial knowledge and cannot reveal the secret."
"That's good, and then the second point is to make a large number of iron fire mines, mainly large iron fire mines. I think they are more powerful.
Third, we need to continue to strengthen research and development. For example, the technology of match ropes needs to be improved. It must burn accurately and uniformly to protect the soldiers of the firearms battalion. Fire mines for destroying ships on the water must also be developed. In addition, flammable firearms must be developed.
The last point is to cultivate talents, which is actually not inconsistent with the first point. In addition to the core secret of configuring gunpowder, other matters also require a large number of talents, such as talents for casting iron shells."
Yang Jun nodded heavily, "I will bear in mind your teachings and my humble duty!"